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• Young Thug’s lawyer slams rapper’s “dungeon like” prison conditions in emergency filing

  13-05-2022 23:43 via nme.com
  
  Young Thug‘s lawyer has hit out at the rapper’s “dungeon like” prison conditions in an emergency filing.
  Brian Steel said the rapper, whose real name is Jeffery Lamar Williams, was being held in “solitary confinement” in a “windowless cement compartment with only a bed and a toilet and an overhead light which remains on 24 hours per day,” according to a motion filed today (May 13) (via Rolling Stone).
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• Charli XCX Roblox Live Concert to Promote Samsung’s Latest Phones

  13-05-2022 22:57 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Charli XCX is heading to Roblox for a live concert to promote Samsung’s latest foldable smartphones. The Samsung Superstar Galaxy experience is now live in Roblox for all users. For a limited time, players can live their dreams as a pop-star by performing, dancing, and creating in the Roblox world. All of this will culminate […]
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• Charli XCX Roblox Concert Live to Promote Samsung’s Latest Phones

  13-05-2022 22:57 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Charli XCX is heading to Roblox for a live concert to promote Samsung’s latest foldable smartphones. The Samsung Superstar Galaxy experience is now live in Roblox for all users. For a limited time, players can live their dreams as a pop-star by performing, dancing, and creating in the Roblox world. All of this will culminate […]
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• Gunna’s lawyers speak out about the rapper’s “intensely problematic” RICO indictment

  13-05-2022 22:55 via nme.com
  
  Gunna’s lawyers have spoken out about the rapper’s recent RICO indictment.
  After being named in a 28-person grand jury indictment that also included Young Thug earlier this week, rapper Gunna was taken into custody on Wednesday (May 11).
  Gunna – real name Sergio Kitchens – is charged, along with the other 27 people listed in the 56-count indictment, with conspiracy to violate the state of Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.
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• Pearl Jam Enlist Fan to Play Drums After Matt Cameron Tests Positive for Covid-19

  13-05-2022 22:47 via rollingstone.com
  
  Touring member Josh Klinghoffer and Richard Stuverud also filled in during set on Thursday
  
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• ‘Rap Music on Trial’ Legislation in NY to Prevent Lyrics Being Used as Evidence

  13-05-2022 22:44 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Young Thug is facing legal issues where his rap music lyrics may be used against him. A bill in New York State seeks to prevent that from happening.  New York State Senators Brad Hoylman and Jamaal Bailey introduced the ‘Rap Music on Trial’ legislation to prevent situations like this from happening. The bill aims to […]
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• New York’s ‘Rap Music on Trial’ Bill Would Prevent Lyrics from Being Used as Evidence Against Rappers

  13-05-2022 22:44 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Young Thug is facing serious legal issues — and his rap music lyrics are being used against him. A bill in New York State seeks to prevent that from happening.  New York State Senators Brad Hoylman and Jamaal Bailey introduced the ‘Rap Music on Trial’ legislation to prevent situations like this from happening. The bill […]
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• Listen to The Hu’s thunderous new track, ‘This Is Mongol’

  13-05-2022 22:01 via nme.com
  
  Mongolian rockers The Hu have today (May 13) shared their thunderous new single, ‘This Is Mongol’ – check it out below.READ MORE: Mongolian metallers The Hu: ‘We want to become one of the legendary bands’The track is another preview of their upcoming second studio album, which is set for release later this year via Better Noise Music.
  A statement said of the track: “As with all of their music, The HU connects the world to Mongolian culture and its unique core
  
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• Watch Mark Lanegan’s final video with side project Dark Mark vs. Skeleton Joe

  13-05-2022 21:52 via nme.com
  
  Mark Lanegan‘s final ever video prior to his death has been released.READ MORE: Mark Lanegan, 1964 – 2022: a foundation stone in modern alternative rock‘Hiraeth’, from the late grunge icon and Joe Cardamone’s side project Dark Mark vs. Skeleton Joe, features the final filmed footage of the Screaming Trees frontman, with a collage of clips throughout his career.
  The second half of the video shows Lanegan and Cardamone wandering the forests around Killarney, Irel
  
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• Young Thug’s Lawyer Blasts His ‘Dungeon-Like’ Jail Conditions in Emergency Filing

  13-05-2022 21:39 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Atlanta rapper is being held in “solitary confinement” in a “windowless cement compartment," lawyer says while calling indictment "unconstitutional'
  
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• Tiffany Haddish teases collaboration with Snoop Dogg and Lil Wayne

  13-05-2022 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  The Girls Trip actress recently revealed she is concentrating on her music career.
  
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• Lizzo tells fans they’re doing the viral ‘About Damn Time’ TikTok dance wrong

  13-05-2022 21:14 via nme.com
  
  Lizzo has told fans they’re doing the viral ‘About Damn Time’ TikTok dance wrong in a new post on social media.
  The rapper took to TikTok on Wednesday (May 11) to tell fans that if they’re going to do the viral TikTok dance trend set to her most recent single, they must go all out to the track – before demonstrating what she meant.
  “I’m tired of seeing it,” Lizzo began in the tongue-in-cheek video, jokingly sounding angered. “OK?,” she
  
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• Billie Eilish, Phoebe Bridgers, and Halsey sign letter against US Supreme Court’s overturn of abortion rights

  13-05-2022 21:14 via nme.com
  
  Billie Eilish, Phoebe Bridgers, Halsey and Megan Thee Stallion are among the more than 150 artists who have signed a letter denouncing the US Supreme Court’s leaked draft opinion which threatened the possible overturn of Roe V. Wade.
  The letter, which was shared as part of Planned Parenthood’s #BansOffOurBodies campaign also included signatures from Olivia Rodrigo, Clairo, The Regrettes, Snail Mail, and Angel Olsen, appeared in a full-page New York Times ad today (May 13). See the ad
  
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• Tate McRae shares new pop banging single ‘What Would You Do?’

  13-05-2022 21:01 via nme.com
  
  Tate McRae has shared another new single from her forthcoming debut album ‘I Used To Think I Could Fly’.
  ‘What Would You Do?, which you can listen to below, follows previous releases ‘She’s All I Wanna Be’, ‘Chaotic’, and ‘Feel Like Shit’ and her EP ‘Too Young To Be Sad’, which was released last year.READ MORE: Tate McRae’s ‘Too Young To Be Sad’ livestream: a high energy spectacle with pop star ambitionThe
  
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• Warner Music Group Announces $77.2 Million Quarterly Dividend After Shares Hit 52-Week Low

  13-05-2022 20:46 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Earlier this week, Warner Music Group stock (NASDAQ: WMG) dipped to a 52-week low of $24.39 per share. Now, the Big Three record label has announced a quarterly dividend. Manhattan-headquartered Warner Music Group unveiled its $0.15-per-share dividend (totaling $77.2 million each quarter) this morning. The aforementioned year-low stock price arrived after the major label posted […]
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• Bop Shop: Songs From Kendrick Lamar, B.I, My Chemical Romance, And More

  13-05-2022 20:10
  
  This week's Bop Shop features a soul-baring cut from Kendrick Lamar, a new B.I team-up with Soulja Boy, the long-awaited return of My Chemical Romance, and more.
  
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• How to Watch 2022 Billboard Music Awards (Plus Everything You Need to Know)

  13-05-2022 20:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  The 2022 Billboard Music Awards will air Sunday, May 15. Here's everything you need to know about the nominees, hosts, performances, and how to stream the show live from home without cable
  
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• Mika drops new single ‘Yo Yo’ ahead of Eurovision final

  13-05-2022 19:56 via nme.com
  
  Mika has shared a new single today (May 13) ahead of this week’s Eurovision final. Listen to ‘Yo Yo’ below.READ MORE: Ukrainian Eurovision entry Kalush Orchestra: “This is the highest responsibility possible”The musician will play the new dance-driven alt-pop song for the first time at this week’s Eurovision song contest, where he is also co-hosting the event with Alessandro Cattelan and Italian singer Laura Pausini.
  “I wanted to write a song that c
  
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• Kendrick Lamar announces ‘The Big Steppers’ 2022 world tour dates

  13-05-2022 19:42 via nme.com
  
  Kendrick Lamar has announced a huge 2022 world tour including a series of UK dates.READ MORE: Kendrick Lamar – ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’ review: a cathartic, soul-bearing autobiographyThe rapper, who released his new album ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’ today (May 13), is set to hit the road with Baby Keem and Tanna Leon in support of the record.
  The jaunt will kick off with a raft of dates in the US on July 19 before reaching European and UK shores i
  
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• Mark Lanegan’s ‘Final Filmed Footage’ Released in Side Project’s New Video

  13-05-2022 19:33 via rollingstone.com
  
  Dark Mark and Skeleton Joe's "Hiraeth" filmed in Killarney, Ireland following Lanegan's coma and Covid battle
  
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• Jessie Buckley and Bernard Butler share emotive new song, ‘Seven Red Rose Tattoos’

  13-05-2022 19:02 via nme.com
  
  Jessie Buckley and Bernard Butler have today (May 13) shared the third single from their upcoming new album – listen to it below.READ MORE: How ‘Wild Rose’ turned Jessie Buckley from actor to country singer – and brought her character to real lifeThe track, called ‘Seven Red Rose Tattoos’, follows on from previous releases, ‘The Eagle And The Dove’ and ‘For All The Days That Tear The Heart’.
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• Secretly and Ghostly International Launch All Flowers Group, Including Artist-Focused Hip-Hop Label Drink Sum Wtr

  13-05-2022 19:00 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Ghostly International and Secretly have officially announced the launch of a company called All Flowers Group, which will house Ghostly and a new hip-hop label. Secretly, which absorbed New York City’s Ghostly International back in June of 2020, recently unveiled the launch of All Flowers Group. The overarching Secretly encompasses Bloomington, Indiana-based Secretly Group (which […]
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• Arcade Fire celebrate fourth UK Number 1 album with 'WE'

  13-05-2022 18:55 via music-news.com
  
  Arcade Fire secure their fourth UK Number 1 album with WE this week.
  
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• Harry Styles makes it six weeks at Number 1 with 'As It Was'

  13-05-2022 18:54 via music-news.com
  
  Harry Styles makes it to a mammoth six consecutive weeks at Number 1 in the UK with As It Was.
  
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• Camila Cabello and Maria Becerra Rock Colorful Wigs in Outer Space for Interplanetary ‘Hasta Los Dientes’ Video

  13-05-2022 18:39 via rollingstone.com
  
  "Yo estoy loca, pero loca por ti"
  
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• Arcade Fire score their fourth UK Number One album with ‘WE’

  13-05-2022 18:30 via nme.com
  
  Arcade Fire have scored their fourth UK Number One album with their sixth studio album ‘WE’.READ MORE:  The NME Big Read  – Arcade Fire: “‘WE’ connects the dots between everything we’ve ever done”The Canadian collective shot straight to the top of the album chart and the vinyl albums chart, with their latest record beating Sigrid‘s ‘How To Let Go’ into second place, according to the Official Charts Company
  
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• Kendrick Lamar Announces Worldwide ‘Big Steppers’ Tour

  13-05-2022 18:25 via rollingstone.com
  
  Rapper will kick off the North American leg of his global jaunt in July
  
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• Jack Johnson Embraces the Mystical on New Song ‘Meet the Moonlight’

  13-05-2022 18:17 via rollingstone.com
  
  Track will appear on the singer-songwriter's upcoming album of the same name, which he made with Blake Mills
  
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• Astroworld attendee sues Travis Scott and Live Nation over death of her unborn child

  13-05-2022 17:58 via nme.com
  
  A woman who allegedly lost her unborn child after sustaining multiple injuries at Travis Scott‘s Astroworld festival has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the rapper and Live Nation.
  According to court documents obtained by Rolling Stone, Shanazia Williamson and her husband Jarawd Owens of Dayton were expecting a child when they attended the event last November.
  The couple allege in their lawsuit that Williamson was “trampled and crushed, resulting in horrific injuries and ultim
  
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• Post Malone says Bob Dylan has “kind of slid into my DMs”

  13-05-2022 17:57 via nme.com
  
  Post Malone has claimed in a new interview that he and Bob Dylan have recently struck up a friendship.
  The rapper/singer disclosed the information during a new interview on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, which aired in the US yesterday (May 12).READ MORE: Post Malone at Reading Festival 2021: plenty of fireworks, but little sparkAfter a brief video clip of a teenage Malone covering Dylan was screened to the audience, Fallon asked Malone if he had yet had the chance to meet the lege
  
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• Post Malone: 'I've been out of my bag for a long time'

  13-05-2022 17:16 via music-news.com
  
  Post Malone joins Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 to discuss his new song “Cooped Up” feat. Roddy Ricch from his forthcoming
  
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• Charli XCX is the next artist to host a concert in ‘Roblox’

  13-05-2022 17:03 via nme.com
  
  Following a recent string of musical collaborations with Roblox, Charli XCX will be the next artist performing in the game.READ MORE: 10 years later, the ‘Hotline Miami’ OST remains the perfect accompaniment for introspective, psychedelic ultraviolenceThe concert will take place on June 17, with fans being able to watch replays of the performance throughout the duration of the weekend following as well.
  A post on the Samsung Newsroom from today (May 13) details some of
  
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• My Chemical Romance’s Mikey Way says ‘The Foundations Of Decay’ is “my favourite MCR song of all time”

  13-05-2022 16:56 via nme.com
  
  My Chemical Romance‘s Mikey Way has said that the band’s comeback song ‘The Foundations Of Decay’ is his “favourite MCR song of all time”.
  The returning four-piece released their first new song since 2014’s ‘Fake Your Death’ yesterday (May 12).READ MORE: My Chemical Romance’s new song ‘The Foundations Of Decay’ is a fierce, fearless returnPosting on Instagram shortly after the single was released, MCR bassist Way shared some
  
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• RIP, iPod: A Tribute to the Device That Revolutionized the Art of Music Fandom

  13-05-2022 16:35 via rollingstone.com
  
  Apple has discontinued the last format designed for old-school pre-streaming listening, but its legend lives on
  
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• Naomi Judd Celebration of Life Special to Air on CMT With Brandi Carlile, Oprah Winfrey

  13-05-2022 16:34 via rollingstone.com
  
  The tribute to the late country singer will include video messages and live performances by artists including Bono, Little Big Town, Emmylou Harris and more
  
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• Sean 'Diddy' Combs defends Travis Scott and Morgan Wallen

  13-05-2022 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  Megan Thee Stallion, Latto, Silk Sonic, Ed Sheeran, Miranda Lambert, and Machine Gun Kelly are also set to perform at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards.
  
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• Mallrat Goes Deeper Into The Machine

  13-05-2022 16:31
  
  The Australian musician Mallrat categorically makes pop, but in an atypical way, melding 'really distorted, aggressive sounds, and really beautiful vocal samples,' as she tells us. Her debut, 'Butterfly Blue,' is loaded with those moments.
  
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• Cardi B claims she was 'set up' for backlash over club video

  13-05-2022 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  Hours after the footage was released, Cardi B addressed the situation in an Instagram Live.
  
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• Watch Dave bring out Drake to perform at his Toronto show

  13-05-2022 16:21 via nme.com
  
  Dave surprised his fans at his show in Toronto, Canada last night (May 12) by bringing Drake out on-stage – check out the footage below.
  The south London rapper and musician performed at the History venue in Drake’s home city as part of his 2022 North American headline tour. Dave is out on the road in support of ‘We’re All Alone In This Together’, which came out last July.READ MORE: Dave live in London: a star-studded and heartfelt celebrationAccording to The Line O
  
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• Glastonbury 2022 reveals Croissant Neuf line-up

  13-05-2022 16:20 via nme.com
  
  Glastonbury has announced the 2022 line-up for its Croissant Neuf stage.
  The Worthy Farm festival, which this year will be held from June 22-26, has confirmed a host of on-site line-ups recently, including the bills for the Acoustic Stage and the Glade, Common, Left Field and Shangri-La areas.READ MORE: We’re gonna need a bigger farm: why Glastonbury 2022 could be the best in historyToday’s Glastonbury announcement (May 13) concerns the Croissant Neuf stage,
  
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• Arcade Fire Perform Their Black Hole Song at Event Celebrating First Photo of the Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy

  13-05-2022 15:54 via rollingstone.com
  
  The band's We track "End of the Empire IV (Sagittarius A*)" namedrops the supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*
  
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• Becky G Grabs Her Own Spotlight on the Excellent ‘Esquemas’

  13-05-2022 15:45 via rollingstone.com
  
  The ascending Mexican American star's sonic choices have never felt more deliberate or personal
  
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• Eurovision 2022: Team behind Sam Ryder say “you can’t blame politics – we have a winning formula”

  13-05-2022 15:35 via nme.com
  
  The team responsible for selecting Sam Ryder as the UK’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 have spoken to NME about the singer’s chances of winning, and the need to put politics aside.READ MORE: Ukrainian Eurovision entry Kalush Orchestra: “This is the highest responsibility possible”Last year it was announced that TaP Music (the music publishing and management company behind the likes of Dua Lipa, Lana del Rey and Ellie Goulding) would be col
  
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• Kendrick Lamar was “confused” by Kanye West and Drake’s reconciliation

  13-05-2022 15:26 via nme.com
  
  Kendrick Lamar has said in a new song that he was “confused” by Kanye West and Drake‘s reunion last year.
  Last November saw West share an image of himself and Drake posing together after seemingly ending their longstanding feud, which is believed to have been ongoing since at least 2009.READ MORE: Kendrick Lamar’s new song ‘The Heart Part 5’ is an emotive glimpse into his latest form, OklamaEarlier that month, Ye extended an olive branch to the Canadian r
  
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• Watch Florence Welch cover ‘Margaritaville’ with Jimmy Buffet on ‘Fallon’

  13-05-2022 14:37 via nme.com
  
  Florence Welch covered ‘Margaritaville’ alongside Jimmy Buffet on an episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon this week – check out the video below.READ MORE: Florence + The Machine live in London: an electrifying show of unity and danceWelch appeared on the US chat show twice this week in support of Florence + The Machine‘s fifth album ‘Dance Fever’, which came out today (May 13). The band performed their single ‘My Love’ on Wednesda
  
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• Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers’: 5 Things We Learned

  13-05-2022 14:32 via rollingstone.com
  
  A packed guest list, some potentially controversial moments, and a possible Song of the Year
  
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• Five Things We Learned From Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers’

  13-05-2022 14:32 via rollingstone.com
  
  A packed guest list, some potentially controversial moments, and a possible Song of the Year
  
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• Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross Join Drummer Antonio Sánchez on New Song ‘I Think We’re Past That Now’

  13-05-2022 14:13 via rollingstone.com
  
  Track will appear on the new studio album from the acclaimed percussionist behind the Birdman soundtrack
  
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• Frank Turner to headline London venue Nambucca’s “final party” tonight

  13-05-2022 14:11 via nme.com
  
  Frank Turner is set to headline tonight’s sold-out “final party” (May 13) at London’s much-loved Nambucca venue.
  The 300-capacity north London venue, which has played host to early gigs by the likes of The Libertines, Florence + The Machine and Wolf Alice, is set to close its doors for good after this weekend, despite “trying everything we can to keep Nambucca going” following the COVID-19-enforced shutdown of live music.READ MORE: With Nambucca closing and Th
  
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• Post Malone and Roddy Ricch team up on Cooped Up

  13-05-2022 13:19 via music-news.com
  
  Post Malone has shared the second single from his upcoming LP 'Twelve Carat Toothache'.
  
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